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Talon RTS 2706 Operating Manual

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    Manual part number: 800.27060 rev: 3.2 − march 16, 2014 pentek, inc. One park way upper saddle river, nj 07458 (201) 818−5900 http://www.Pentek.Com/ copyright © 2011−2015 operating manual talon rts 2706 talon® rts commercial rackmount recorders 200 ms/sec rf/if rackmount recorder.

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    Page ii talon rts 2706 operating manual manual revision history warranty pentek warrants its talon recorder products to conform to published specifications and to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of delivery, when used under normal operating co...

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    Page iii talon rts 2706 operating manual service and repair you must obtain a return material authorization (rma) before returning any product to pentek for service or repair. Rma requests must be submitted online at: return material authorization form after the form is completed in its entirety and...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page v page table of contents rev: 3.2 chapter 1: overview of the pentek talon rts 2706 1.1 features of the pentek talon rts 2706..............................................................................................1 1.2 basic principles of operation.............

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    Page vi talon rts 2706 operating manual page table of contents rev: 3.2 chapter 4: starting the system 4.1 unpacking the unit............................................................................................................................ 11 4.2 power requirements............................

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page vii page table of contents rev: 3.2 chapter 6: recording a signal 6.1 the record screen ..............................................................................................................................31 figure 6−1: record screen........................

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    Page viii talon rts 2706 operating manual page table of contents rev: 3.2 chapter 8: playing a recorded file 8.1 the play screen................................................................................................................................... 45 figure 8−1: play screen ................

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page ix page table of contents rev: 3.2 chapter 9: monitoring input signals with signal viewer (continued) 9.3 input controls .....................................................................................................................................57 9.3.1 ...

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    Page x talon rts 2706 operating manual page table of contents rev: 3.2 chapter 10: analyzing recorded signals with file viewer (continued) 10.5 data displayed ................................................................................................................................... 69 10.5.1...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page xi page table of contents rev: 3.2 appendix a: rugged transit case (option 262) a.1 introduction...........................................................................................................................................1 a.2 description..............

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 1 rev.: 3.2 chapter 1: overview of the pentek talon rts 2706 this chapter provides an overview of this operating manual and an overview of the talon rts 2706 recording system. The following information is provided: • section 1.1 lists the features of the talon re...

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    Page 2 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 1.2 basic principles of operation the talon ® rts 2706 is a multiband recording and playback system for recording and reproducing high−bandwidth signals. The rts 2706 uses 16−bit, 200 mhz a/d con− verters and provides sustained recording rates up to 1...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 3 rev.: 3.2 1.5 talon rts 2706 specifications 1.5.1 pc workstation • operating system: microsoft ® windows ® 7 professional • recording software: pentek ® systemflow ® software • processor: intel ® core™ i7 processor • clock speed: 2.0 ghz or greater • sdram: 6 g...

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    Page 4 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 1.5 talon rts 2706 specifications (continued) 1.5.5 analog signal outputs • output type: transformer−coupled, front panel female • ssmc connectors • full scale output: +4 dbm into 50 ohms • 3 db passband: 300 khz to 700 mhz 1.5.6 digital upconverter a...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 5 rev.: 3.2 chapter 2: hardware description 2.1 front of chassis figure 2−1 below shows the front view of a talon rts 2706 with 16 sata raid drives. Your talon system may have more or fewer sata raid drives depending on the stor− age options you have chosen, so y...

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    Page 6 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 2.1 front of chassis (continued) figure 2−2: close−up view of cd/dvd drive and sata drives 2.1.2 removable sata raid drives the quantity and arrangement of sata drives varies, depending on the storage options selected. In a close−up view of the drives...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 7 rev.: 3.2 2.1 front of chassis (continued) 2.1.3 controls and indicators on the front of the chassis figure 2−3 shows a close−up view of the indicators, controls, and usb ports located on the front of a talon rts 2706 chassis. • the following led indicators are...

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    Page 8 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 2.2 back of chassis figure 2−4 shows the rear view of a talon rts system. Figure 2−4: back of chassis 2.2.1 iec power receptacles a grounded 3−prong iec power receptacle located on the rear of the talon rts chassis accepts a modular power cord appropr...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 9 rev.: 3.2 chapter 3: pentek board i/o connections this chapter describes the pentek cobalt pcie board(s) in your talon rts 2706 system. The number of boards and models used vary depending on the options you selected for your talon system, as shown in table 3−1 ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 11 rev.: 3.2 chapter 4: starting the system this chapter describes how to set up and start your talon system: • section 4.1 covers unpacking the unit. • section 4.2 provides power requirements. • section 4.3 describes how to prepare the system for operation. • se...

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    Page 12 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 4.4 boot−up sequence the following sequence of events will occur during a normal boot−up sequence. 1) windows 7 will boot completely. 2) windows desktop should appear. 3) the talon system server will launch automatically in a dos window. 4) to launch...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 13 rev.: 3.2 4.6 safety precautions and warnings warning: electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous . To avoid a shock hazard, connect and disconnect cables following the instructions in section 4.3 when installing, servicing...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 15 rev.: 3.2 chapter 5: configuring the talon system this chapter describes how to configure the talon system using systemflow ® software: • section 5.1 describes the systemflow software. • section 5.2 describes how to launch the systemflow gui. • sections 5.3 an...

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    Page 16 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.3 description of the systemflow gui upon launching, the gui displays a configure screen like the one shown in figure 5−1 . Figure 5−1: talon main configuration screen the tabs across the top of the screen are used to select the main systemflow gui ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 17 rev.: 3.2 5.4 configure screen: talon system block diagram the lower right section of the configure screen shows a block diagram of the talon system’s main components (see figure 5−2 ): • the pentek pcie board provides the analog i/o. • the host processor prov...

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    Page 18 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.5 configuring a remote server the upper middle section of the configure screen presents the remote server configu− ration panel as shown in figure 5−3 below. Figure 5−3: configure screen − remote server configuration the standard talon system autom...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 19 rev.: 3.2 5.6 configuring the talon system using a profile (continued) the upper left section of the configure screen presents the load profile and save pro− file buttons as shown in figure 5−4 . Figure 5−4: configure screen − profile configuration buttons 5.6...

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    Page 20 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel this section describes how to configure the talon system using the configuration panel, which allows you to access configuration screens for each channel and the clock. You can also confi...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 21 rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.2 input channel clock parameters the input channel clock parameters screen ( figure 5−6 ) enables you to set the clock parameters as follows: • make pull−down menu selecti...

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    Page 22 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.2 input channel clock parameters (continued) table 5−1: input channel clock parameters parameter selection description clock source internal uses the internal vcxo (voltag...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 23 rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.3 configuring input channel parameters note: you must always configure the clock parameters before you configure the channel parameters. The channel parameters are configu...

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    Page 24 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.3 configuring input channel parameters (continued) table 5−2: input channel parameters parameter selection description bandwidth user entry> and unit of measurement to ent...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 25 rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.4 output channel clock parameters the clock parameters screen ( figure 5−6 ) enables you to set the output channel clock parameters as follows: • make pull−down menu selec...

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    Page 26 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.4 output channel clock parameters (continued) table 5−3: output channel clock parameters parameter selection description clock source internal uses the internal vcxo (volt...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 27 rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.5 configuring output channel parameters note: you must always configure the clock parameters before you configure the output channel parameters. The output channel paramet...

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    Page 28 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 5.7 configuring the talon system using the configuration panel (continued) 5.7.5 configuring output channel parameters (continued) table 5−4: output channel parameters parameter selection description bandwidth user entry> and unit of measurement to e...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 29 rev.: 3.2 5.8 sync guidelines when using your talon recorder in a multi−channel phase−coherent recording appli− cation, it is necessary to synchronize the a/d’s clock circuit dividers. Additionally, when recording data from the ddcs in a multi−channel phase−co...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 31 rev.: 3.2 chapter 6: recording a signal this chapter describes how to record a signal with the talon system: • section 6.1 describes the record screen. • section 6.2 describes the record channel controls. • section 6.3 describes the master record controls. 6.1...

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    Page 32 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 6.2 record channel controls the bottom part of the record screen contains the record channel controls (see figure 6−2 ). These controls allow you to record a single channel independently. You can enter a filename for each channel to be recorded, set ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 33 rev.: 3.2 6.2 record channel controls (continued) 6.2.2 overwrite the software is designed to prevent you from overwriting existing record− ings on disk. If you want to overwrite existing recordings, you must select the overwrite checkbox. If you select overwr...

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    Page 34 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 6.2 record channel controls (continued) 6.2.6 loop the record screen offers a loop recording option (checkbox). Loop record− ing is the process of recording continuously to disk in a looped manner. If you want to define the portion of the disk to use...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 35 rev.: 3.2 6.2 record channel controls (continued) 6.2.7 master record the master record checkboxes allow you to select multiple channels to be recorded simultaneously. Click on the box for each channel you want to record so that it shows a check mark. To de−se...

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    Page 36 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 6.2 record channel controls (continued) 6.2.13 data loss the data loss indicator will light up red if data is not recorded to a file. If the data loss indicator is not lit, then all of the data was recorded success− fully. Data loss is flagged by the...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 37 rev.: 3.2 6.3 master record controls the master controls for recording are located at the top of the record screen ( figure 6− 3 ). These controls allow simultaneous multi−channel recording. The master record checkboxes in the channel controls section at the b...

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    Page 38 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 6.3 master record controls (continued) 6.3.4 record by time − master recording to record for a period of time, set the transfer time numeric entry window to the number of seconds for the master recording. This entry accepts a floating point value, al...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 39 rev.: 3.2 6.3 master record controls (continued) 6.3.7 master current position (secs) the current recording position within the file is shown in seconds. When the recording is stopped manually or automatically, the current position field displays the total dur...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 41 rev.: 3.2 chapter 7: recorded data format the talon system records data to disk as a binary file. This file contains a header that is 1024 bytes in size and is immediately followed by the recorded data. The pentek boards used in the talon system present this d...

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    Page 42 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 7.3 file header format table 7−1 below shows the format of the file header, with a brief description of each of the fields in the header. Table 7−1: talon file header format offset field data type description 0x0 model number int_32 the talon model n...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 43 rev.: 3.2 0x28c gps latitude float_32 gps latitude, in degrees. For systems that include the optional gps receiver. 0x290 gps longitude float_32 gps longitude, in degrees. For systems that include the optional gps receiver. 0x294 gps altitude float_32 gps alti...

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    Page 44 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 time stamp field the time stamp field’s format is as follows: month/day/year hrs:mins:secs:msecs for example: 04/21/2013 11:28:07:086 note: in systems with the gps timestamp option, the time field is extended by three additional digits of precision. ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 45 rev.: 3.2 chapter 8: playing a recorded file this chapter describes how to play a recorded file: • section 8.1 describes the play screen. • section 8.2 describes the play channel controls. • section 8.3 describes the master play controls. Note: the play tab is...

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    Page 46 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 8.2 play channel controls after recording to disk, you can play back any of the recorded files. The bottom section of the play screen (shown in figure 8−1 ) contains the play controls . This section lets you enter the filename for each channel to be ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 47 rev.: 3.2 8.2 play channel controls (continued) 8.2.4 play by time for time length playback, set the units selection menu to secs (seconds). (this menu is to the right of the numeric entry field in the transfer length column). Then specify the number of second...

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    Page 48 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 8.2 play channel controls (continued) 8.2.7 master play the master play checkboxes allow multiple channels to be played back simultaneously. Channels can be selected for master play by clicking on the box to show a check mark. Channels can be de−sele...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 49 rev.: 3.2 8.2 play channel controls (continued) 8.2.13 data loss the data loss indicator will light up red if data cannot be played back from a file. If the data loss indicator is not lit, then all of the data was played back successfully. Data loss is flagged...

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    Page 50 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 8.3 master play controls the master play controls are located at the top of the play screen (see figure 8−3 ). These controls allow simultaneous multi−channel playback. The master play checkboxes in the channel controls section at the bottom of the p...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 51 rev.: 3.2 8.3 master play controls (continued) 8.3.4 play by time − master playback for time−length master playback, set the transfer time numeric entry field to the number of seconds desired for master playback. After the playback starts, playback of all mast...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 53 rev.: 3.2 chapter 9: monitoring input signals with signal viewer this chapter describes the talon recording system’s signal viewer: • section 9.1 provides an overview of the signal viewer. • section 9.2 describes the signal viewer display windows and display c...

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    Page 54 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 9.2 signal viewer displays and display controls the signal viewer presents two display windows: the time window on the left and the frequency magnitude window on the right as shown in figure 9−1 . Figure 9−1: signal viewer (default display) at the bo...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 55 rev.: 3.2 9.2 signal viewer displays (continued) on the left side of the time window is an amplitude switch ( figure 9−3 ) that allows you to toggle the amplitude scaling between volts and % of full scale. Click on the switch to change its position/setting. Fi...

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    Page 56 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 9.2 signal viewer displays (continued) when the display type switch is set to show frequency − time − intensity, the left window displays a horizontal waterfall of the signal that is shown in the right window. See figure 9−5 . The color corresponds t...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 57 rev.: 3.2 9.3 input controls this section described the controls that enable you to adjust the input. 9.3.1 resume, pause and close when started, the signal viewer begins displaying live data. Clicking on the pause button in the lower left stops the live displ...

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    Page 58 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 9.3 input controls (continued) 9.3.4 spectrum averaging the averaging control on the bottom right side of the screen provides expo− nential averaging of the frequency spectrum display. The number of aver− ages is set with an up/down button, or with d...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 59 rev.: 3.2 9.4 data displayed 9.4.1 system, server and board model the lower center portion of the screen shows the talon system model num− ber, the ip address of the server, and the pentek software radio board model ( figure 9−12 ). Figure 9−12: example of sys...

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    Page 60 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 9.4 data displayed (continued) 9.4.3 amplitude calculator the amplitude calculator window in the lower left of the signal viewer displays the calculated amplitude of the input signal in dbm, vrms, and v(p−p). Figure 9−14: amplitude calculator dbm dbm...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 61 rev.: 3.2 9.4 data displayed (continued) 9.4.4 distortion calculator the distortion calculator window located to the right of the amplitude cal− culator displays the results of signal analysis algorithms. Figure 9−15: distortion calculator • 2nd harmonic − dis...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 63 rev.: 3.2 chapter 10: analyzing recorded signals with file viewer this chapter describes the talon recording system’s file viewer: • section 10.1 provides an overview of the signal viewer. • section 10.2 lists the differences between the signal viewer and the ...

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    Page 64 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 10.2 differences between the signal viewer and the file viewer (continued) • the signal viewer channel type and channel number window is replaced with the playback controls window. • the file viewer includes a data extraction utility (see section 10....

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 65 rev.: 3.2 10.3 selecting a file to view (continued) figure 10−2: file viewer file selection browser.

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    Page 66 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 10.4 display and playback controls after you select a file to view, the file viewer presents two display windows: the time window on the left and the frequency magnitude window on the right, as shown in figure 10−3 . Figure 10−3: example of file view...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 67 rev.: 3.2 10.4 display and playback controls (continued) 10.4.2 playback controls (continued) figure 10−4: play, pause and quit buttons the playback controls section onthe lower left side of the screen provides a file position slider progress indicator that sh...

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    Page 68 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 10.4 display and playback controls (continued) 10.4.3 playback speed (continued) since digital recorders do not always provide data at a constant data rate, the playback speed switch often does not have the same effect for digital recorders as it doe...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 69 rev.: 3.2 10.5 data displayed 10.5.1 board, system, time stamp, and optional gps the lower right section of the window shows the board identifier, the sys− tem identifier, and the time stamp. The gps longitude, gps latitude, and gps altitude will also be displ...

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    Page 70 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 10.5 data displayed (continued) 10.5.3 distortion calculator the distortion calculator window located to the right of the amplitude cal− culator displays the results of signal analysis algorithms on the recorded signal. Figure 10−9: distortion calcul...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 71 rev.: 3.2 10.5 data displayed (continued) 10.5.4 amplitude calculator the amplitude calculator window in the lower left of the signal viewer displays the calculated amplitude of the input signal in dbm, vrms, and v(p−p). Figure 10−10: amplitude calculator dbm ...

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    Page 72 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 10.6 data extraction utility the data extraction utility ( figure 10−12 ) enables you to extract sections of interest from your recording. This utility allows you to mark a starting point and an ending point in the original recording and copy that da...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 73 rev.: 3.2 chapter 11: display controls for signal and file viewer this chapter describes the controls related to the display of data: • sections 11.1 and 11.2 describe display zooming and panning. • section 11.3 describes how to reset the scale of the time and...

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    Page 74 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 11.1 display zooming (continued) 11.1.1 horizontal zoom to zoom in the horizontal axis only, click the horizontal zoom button (see figure 11−2 ). Then place the magnifying glass cursor in the display window at the starting position for horizontal zoo...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 75 rev.: 3.2 11.2 display panning the time display controls and fft display controls shown in figure 11−1 both include pan buttons (right button) to provide panning of both display windows. Click on the pan (hand) button to invoke the panning function for either ...

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    Page 76 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 11.4 cursor operation the fft display controls shown in figure 11−1 includes the cursor button (left but− ton) which provides multiple cursors for exploring and identifying features in the fre− quency display window. Note: there is no cursor support ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page 77 rev.: 3.2 11.4 cursor operation (continued) cursor 0 is a free cursor that starts out with a vertical line at 0 hz (at the left side of the frequency display or normally off−screen for ddc displays) and a horizontal line at 0 db (at the top of the frequency di...

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    Page 78 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev.: 3.2 11.4 cursor operation (continued) by clicking on the attributes property, many different features of the cursor can be customized, such as the color of the cursor lines, as shown in figure 11−7 . Figure 11−7: cursor 0 attributes by right clicking on ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page a−1 rev. 3.2 appendix a: rugged transit case (option 262) a.1 introduction the skb roto shock rack is offered as the option 262 rugged transit case for the talon rts 2706. The rackmount keyboard/monitor (option 263, described in appendix a ) is usually ordered wi...

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    Page a−2 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev. 3.2 a.2 description (continued) figure a−1 shows the skb 28−inch deep 6u roto shock rack with casters and doors closed. Figure a−1: rugged transit case with casters and doors closed.

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page a−3 rev. 3.2 a.2 description (continued) figure a−2 shows an empty skb 28−inch deep 6u roto shock rack with casters and open doors. Figure a−2: empty rugged transit case with casters and both doors open.

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    Page a−4 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev. 3.2 a.2 description (continued) figure a−3 shows the skb 28−inch deep 6u roto shock rack as it is used with the talon rts 2706. Figure a−3: rugged transit case with talon rts 2706 and keyboard/monitor installed.

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page b−1 rev. 3.2 appendix b: rackmount keyboard / monitor (option 263) b.1 introduction a rackmount keyboard/monitor is offered as option 263 for the talon rts 2706. This unit is installed in a rugged transit case (option 262), which is described in appendix a . B.2 ...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page c−1 rev. 3.2 appendix c: global positioning system (option 261) the symmetricom ® gps (global positioning system) is offered as option 261 for the pentek talon rts 2706. When recording with the rts 2706, data is streamed from adc or ddc channels to disk. Recorded...

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    Talon rts 2706 operating manual page d−1 rev. 3.2 appendix d: disk drive installation d.1 introduction although this appendix provides disk drive installation instructions specific to a talon rts 2706 with options 201, 221, and 245, the general procedure is the same for talon rts 2706 systems with d...

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    Page d−2 talon rts 2706 operating manual rev. 3.2 d.2 description (continued) each of the 16 removable sata disk drives has an identification label on the underside of the drive tray typical of the one shown in figure d−2 . The highlighted rectangle indicates the disk number and the position of the ...